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2006 T&C-3.8L - I am looking for a part number for the two, short, pre-formed flexible hoses that are connected to the Power Steering finned cooler. Every parts diagram I see online lists the cooler for about $59 and shows the hoses attached with no part number (I'm not sure the hoses come with the cooler--I would probably have to call the dealer). They are low pressure hoses connected with spring clamps. I considered buying two short lengths of hose at Auto Zone however the bend is pretty tight and would probably kink, thus the pre-formed hoses from Chrysler. Any help is appreciated

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I wish this post had been here a year and a half ago for my 01 voyager. Only the rubber hoses that connect to the cooler were were bad. I could not find them. I figured (incorrectly) that fuel line hose would work. After a year, the fuel line hose was dissolved by the PS fluid. I lost a PS pump and a steering rack in the dead of winter, so I had to pay someone to fix it.

I now see that you must buy the metal hose and short rubber hose as a set. One set from the rack to the cooler, and the other set cooler to reservoir. Total cost ~$35. I don't want to talk about what the pump / rack repair cost.

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I wish this post had been here a year and a half ago for my 01 voyager. Only the rubber hoses that connect to the cooler were were bad. I could not find them. I figured (incorrectly) that fuel line hose would work. After a year, the fuel line hose was dissolved by the PS fluid. I lost a PS pump and a steering rack in the dead of winter, so I had to pay someone to fix it.

I now see that you must buy the metal hose and short rubber hose as a set. One set from the rack to the cooler, and the other set cooler to reservoir. Total cost ~$35. I don't want to talk about what the pump / rack repair cost.

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My 2001 voyager was assembled in May of 2001 in Saint Louis. This was the around the time that Chrysler switched from using special Chrysler PS fluid, and started using ATF-4. So if the van had been assembled before a certain date in that May, then old fluid was used. On a particular Monday, the factory started using ATF-4. Either fluid will work the same, but there are dire warnings not to mix the two fluids.

When I replaced the leaking hoses in the spring of 2018 with Fuel line, I am pretty sure I bought PS fluid that said "for Chrysler" to top it off. I now believe that my van was one of the first to use ATF-4. That resulted in a mixture of the two types of fluid, which apparently is bad, and may have seriously weakened the hoses. When they started to leak again in January of 2019, I kept topping it off with ATF-4, because I had it. The leak got worse, but it was too cold and wet to work in the driveway. The PS pump croaked before I got a warm day to fix it.

Since just about all the components in the PS system got replaced in February, 2019 I now have ATF-4.

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When I replaced the leaking hoses in the spring of 2018 with Fuel line, I am pretty sure I bought PS fluid that said "for Chrysler" to top it off. I now believe that my van was one of the first to use ATF-4. That resulted in a mixture of the two types of fluid, which apparently is bad, and may have seriously weakened the hoses. When they started to leak again in January of 2019, I kept topping it off with ATF-4, because I had it. The leak got worse, but it was too cold and wet to work in the driveway. The PS pump croaked before I got a warm day to fix it.

Since just about all the components in the PS system got replaced in February, 2019 I now have ATF-4.

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I should have been paying better attention when I installed an ATF cooler on my Honda this summer - it came with a length of hose of a type that would be highly suitable for this application, but all the hose I used is now (in typical Honda fashion) behind plastic panels fastened with plastic push-fasteners, so I'm not going in there to read the print.

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